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^^ yep, my mistake - did not read properly what Op wants ? Hwinfo can't control fan speed but it can only show warnings about fan RPM / temp etc. - so look like there's no alternative of FanXpert for OP.
 
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there's no way of knowing this using any kind of software apps - better look for some core i5 2500k reviews to get some proper idea ;-)
 
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I don't want to know the expected power usage. I want the actual watt usage of my entire CPU(including all the components inside it).

^Can you suggest any hardware device to achieve this? Is it possible?
 
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Okay..
I really want to calculate how many watts in total my CPU is consuming.

What's a multimeter? Will it help?
 
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^^ I don't think a Multimeter will help in measuring power consumption - better get the device suggested by Saumil996 or a similar device.
 
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topgear said:
^^ I don't think a Multimeter will help in measuring power consumption - better get the device suggested by Saumil996 or a similar device.
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Multimeter/Ammeter helps in measuring Amps. Just have to apply simple formula to find out watts.
Will be getting electrical engineer friend's meter in a few days to check my power consumption.
Watts=Volts x Amps.

Anyway, moving on.
It's been more than a month now that I have got all my components and everything has been running fine with PC switched on 24X7.
What do I do with the product packaging/boxes? Should I throw them? They consume a lot of space. Are they of any use now anyway? Are they needed to claim warranty or RMA?
 
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^^ most of the manufacturers in their RMA terms will tell you to keep the original box pack and the accessories for a particular product though practically box packs ain't needed for RMAing most of the manufacturers product but you can never tell when you need a box pack - so if you can keep the original boxes or else keep the small boxes at-least.
 
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^How can I store so many boxes. :X
Anyway thanks for the response and I'll update when/if I get my hands on an Ammeter/Multimeter :-D
 
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^^ if you have storage problem just throw them away ;-) you can do nothing about this.

and waiting for the "Real" power consumption reading.
 
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and waiting for the "Real" power consumption reading.
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Hopefully will get to know soon. Buying an Inverter/UPS for the house :)

Also which software to use for getting RAM score and stability. I'm trying out different RAM Overclocks and I wana find out which one is the best.

Using MaxxMem2. Any others?

Could anyone give me links for Sandy Bridge Memory Overclocking?
This is what I've done so far:
*i.imgur.com/ZoiaK.jpg*i.imgur.com/Uj3O6.jpg
Can this be improved without increasing voltage?

Just tried out Sandra Lite.
Poorly optimized software. Lags whenever it gets the chance :|
Uninstalled.
 
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Bump -__-

UPDATE:
I don't know if anyone is reading this or not but still.
I have dumped the whole idea of overclocking the RAM.
After several experiments with timing I have finally realized that there's no real world difference between stock and overclocked(w/o increased voltage) RAM. Even the benchmarks aren't much higher.
I've reset my RAM to it's default 9-9-9-24-2T timings and happy with it :p
 
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^^ you should have look at a few tom's hardware memory modules related articles first ;-)
 
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I did read it actually.. and I knew it was too small to be noticed but the weird thing is that after overclocking it a lil even benchmark dusn increase drastically so it's really of NO use whatsoever :p
The benchmark scores vary and sometimes are lower than the non overclocked timings lol
 
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